“How about you, Soom?” She had felt her mother’s implied criticism on the one hand, but didn’t want to hurt Craig’s feelings on the other.
“It is not something that I would have ordered, but it is all right”.
“So, just me and the baby then. Sorry, I should have known or at least had suspicions and checked with you. I promise that I will do so from now on.
“How is the wine?”
“Excellent”, said Lek and Soom agreed.
They finished all the prawns, pieces of chicken and anything else large enough for them to identify, and about half the rice. It wasn’t a good showing really, and Craig worried that Consuela would be offended. Craig called for the bill and was waiting to be asked what was wrong with it. He saw Isabella look at the amount of food left over, so got in before she could say anythi
